in databases where i have to make a front-end vb.net application, i find it easier to tibble the column names. but maybe this was because i was under the dreaded visual studio.net 2002-03. i seem to remember having to correctly designate the vb type for the type of sql data it was supposed to retrieve.

i am not a religious fanatic for one type of language or programming style, i often cull the best of whatever there is; or for my multi-role case, whatever keeps me from tripping over every 2-3 years or so.